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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | faint |
| Synonyms: | be overcome, become unconscious, black out, collapse, drop, feel giddy, feel lightheaded, go out like a light, keel over, lose consciousness, pass out, weaken |
| Main Entry: | black out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | faint |
| Synonyms: | collapse, crap out, draw a blank, go out like a light, lose consciousness, pass out, slip into coma, swoon*, zone out |
| Antonyms: | resuscitate, revive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep unconsciousness |
| Synonyms: | blackout, dullness, faint, hebetude, insensibility, lethargy, oblivion, sleep, slumber, somnolence, stupor, swoon, syncope, torpidity, torpor, trance |
| Antonyms: | alertness, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unconsciousness |
| Synonyms: | blackout, collapse, dizziness, grayout, insensibility, knockout, stupor, swoon, syncope, vertigo |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | consciousness |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
| Synonyms: | be overcome, become unconscious, black out, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, flicker, go out like light, keel over, languish, pass out, succumb, swoon, weaken |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Main Entry: | keel over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall, faint |
| Synonyms: | black out, capsize, collapse, drop, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | pass out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become unconscious, usually |
| Synonyms: | drop, faint, from abusing a substance black out, keel over, lose consciousness, swoon |
| Main Entry: | stupor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daze, unconsciousness |
| Synonyms: | amazement, anesthesia, apathy, asphyxia, bewilderment, coma, dullness, fainting, hebetude, hypnosis, inertia, inertness, insensibility, languor, lassitude, lethargy, narcosis, numbness, petrifaction, sleep, slumber, somnolence, sopor, stupefaction, suspended animation, swoon, swooning, torpor, trance |
| Antonyms: | consciousness, sensibility |
| Main Entry: | keel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall |
| Synonyms: | black out, capsize, collapse, drop, faint, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset |
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